Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 2/2

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Senate Legislative Meeting Schedule for the Week of 2/2

Time	Committee	Location
Monday, February 2, 2026
10:30 AM	Higher Education & Workforce Development (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
	Labor & Commerce (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Law & Justice (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM	Agriculture & Natural Resources (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Human Services (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	Local Government (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
4:00 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Law & Justice (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
10:30 AM	Health & Long-Term Care (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	Labor & Commerce (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
12:30 PM	PRO FORMA SENATE SESSION
1:30 PM	Environment, Energy & Technology (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Human Services (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
	State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
4:00 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Time	Committee	Location
8:00 AM	Business, Trade & Economic Development (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
	Environment, Energy & Technology (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Human Services (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
10:30 AM	Early Learning & K-12 Education (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Housing (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
12:00 PM	Committee to Hear SAO Performance Audits	House Hearing Rm A and Virtual
12:30 PM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
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Thursday, February 5, 2026
Time	Committee	Location
10:00 AM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM	Transportation (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Friday, February 6, 2026
Time	Committee	Location
9:00 AM	SENATE SESSION/CAUCUS
1:30 PM	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Saturday, February 7, 2026
Time	Committee	Location
10:00 AM	Ways & Means (S)	Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
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Agriculture & Natural Resources
2/2/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5816 - Concerning the sale of juice grapes.

2. SB 5971 - Establishing a green fertilizer incentive program to support the production and adoption of low-carbon nitrogen fertilizer in Washington state.

3. SB 5838 - Adding a tribal member to the board of natural resources.

4. SB 6075 - Requiring fairness in mitigation requirements.

5. SB 6097 - Adding federally recognized Indian tribes to the list of entities that may participate in the conservation futures program.

6. SB 6216 - Updating timber sale process efficiencies and adopting consistent language for the department's land sales.

7. SB 6233 - Concerning penalties for sale of covered animal species.

8. SB 6318 - Concerning commercial shellfish fees.

9. SJM 8015 - Requesting Congress to ensure that federal wildfire response entities have the capacity to protect communities and infrastructure, limit impacts to natural resources and watersheds, and protect wildland firefighter health and safety.

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Business, Trade & Economic Development
2/4/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 5844 - Concerning the delivery, execution, acceptance, and provisions of individual storage space rental agreements and modifying the use of individual storage spaces after notice of termination or nonrenewal of rental agreements.

2. SB 5976 - Modifying the Washington commercial electronic mail act.

3. SB 6079 - Creating a wildfire mitigation grant program.

4. SB 6230 - Adjusting the price of a cash transaction to eliminate the need for pennies.

5. SB 6250 - Concerning the maximum principal amount of small loans.

6. SB 6257 - Regarding trainee real estate appraisers.

7. SB 6289 - Creating a statewide economic development and competitiveness strategic plan.

8. SB 6312 - Prohibiting surveillance-based price discrimination and surge pricing for retail goods.

9. SGA 9060 - Alicia R Levy, Member, Gambling Commission.

10. SGA 9169 - Michael Charles, Member, Gambling Commission.

11. SGA 9265 - Brian C Bennett, Director, Washington State Lottery - Agency Head.

12. SGA 9266 - Noah E Skartvedt, Member, Gambling Commission.

Possible other business. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Early Learning & K-12 Education
2/3/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 6277 - Promoting educational stability for children of military families. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 6052 - Establishing a statewide digital transcript data-sharing environment.

2. SB 5992 - Creating the youth development fund account to increase access to positive youth development programs.

3. SB 6078 - Providing prelicensing supports to individuals interested in becoming a licensed child care provider.

4. SB 6089 - Increasing coordination and alignment throughout the P20W system.

5. SB 5918 - Providing funding for school materials, supplies, and operating costs.

6. SB 5861 - Encouraging community representation in education.

7. SB 6065 - Concerning school district transportation vehicle funds.

Early Learning & K-12 Education
2/4/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SB 5849 - Making financial education a graduation requirement in Washington state. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 6130 - Celebrating national voter registration day.

2. SB 6278 - Concerning the ongoing review of approved teacher and principal preparation programs.

3. SB 6247 - Concerning school district financial management.

4. SB 6260 - Implementing efficiencies and programming changes in public education.

5. SB 6268 - Maintaining an online record of special education complaint decisions.

6. SB 6263 - Updating school district public bid limits.

Environment, Energy & Technology
2/3/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 6124 - Assessing the feasibility of developing an affordability index for appliances sold into Washington state.

2. SB 6171 - Addressing emerging large energy use facilities.

3. SB 6284 - Providing consumer protections for artificial intelligence systems.

4. SB 5609 - Regarding cultural resource protection for certain land use activities that are categorically exempt from the state environmental policy act.

5. SB 6172 - Eliminating preferential treatment related to a coal-fired electric generating plant.

6. SB 6246 - Concerning emissions from emissions-intensive, trade-exposed facilities under the climate commitment act.

7. SB 5932 - Providing certainty for the development of low-to-zero carbon alternative jet fuel production in Washington state.

8. SB 6269 - Modernizing the definition of motor fuel in the motor fuel quality act.

9. SB 6223 - Authorizing community scaled weatherization projects.

Environment, Energy & Technology
2/4/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 6271 - Concerning mattress producer responsibility organizations. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 6174 - Establishing producer responsibility for textiles. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5519 - Reducing environmental impacts associated with the operation of certain ocean-going vessels. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Health & Long-Term Care 2/3/2026 10:30 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA
Executive Session: Bills to be determined. Possible other business. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Higher Education & Workforce Development
2/2/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. FAFSA and college access - Washington Student Achievement Council.

2. Student support programs - Council of Presidents.

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9286 - Collin L Bannister, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

2. SGA 9289 - Amina Hussein, Member, Washington State University Board of Regents.

3. SGA 9290 - Ramatoulie Bah, Member, Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees.

4. SGA 9292 - Apolonio P Hernandez, Member, University of Washington Board of Regents.

5. SGA 9293 - Violet M Frolov, Member, Central Washington University Board of Trustees.

6. SGA 9302 - Latasha M Wortham, Member, Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees.

7. SGA 9309 - Monica Yu, Member, Washington Student Achievement Council.

8. SGA 9310 - Kayla Linadi, Member, Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees.

9. SGA 9311 - Acacia E Engram, Member, The Evergreen State College Board of Trustees.

10. SGA 9312 - Ashlynn J Tibbot, Member, Western Washington University Board of Trustees.

Executive Session:

1. SB 6251 - Using only letter grades in schools of medicine.

2. SB 6259 - Establishing that students are no longer eligible for and must repay state aid immediately upon determination of significant monetary damage to a public institution of higher education.

3. SGA 9286 - Collin L Bannister, Member, Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board.

4. SGA 9289 - Amina Hussein, Member, Washington State University Board of Regents.

5. SGA 9290 - Ramatoulie Bah, Member, Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees.

6. SGA 9292 - Apolonio P Hernandez, Member, University of Washington Board of Regents.

7. SGA 9293 - Violet M Frolov, Member, Central Washington University Board of Trustees.

8. SGA 9302 - Latasha M Wortham, Member, Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees.

9. SGA 9309 - Monica Yu, Member, Washington Student Achievement Council.

10. SGA 9310 - Kayla Linadi, Member, Edmonds Community College Board of Trustees.

11. SGA 9311 - Acacia E Engram, Member, The Evergreen State College Board of Trustees.

12. SGA 9312 - Ashlynn J Tibbot, Member, Western Washington University Board of Trustees.

Housing
2/4/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SGA 9280 - Aaron T McGrath, Member, Housing Finance Commission. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SGA 9281 - Ann T Melone, Member, Housing Finance Commission. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. EHB 1345 - Establishing limitations on detached accessory dwelling units outside of urban growth areas. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. ESHB 1500 - Concerning resale certificates for units in common interest communities. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. EHB 1501 - Concerning inquiries into association governance or operations by unit owners in common interest communities. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session: Bills to be determined.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Human Services
2/2/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 6007 - Authorizing the Washington state institute for public policy to evaluate outcomes related to assessment practices at the department of children, youth, and families. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 6186 - Directing the department of social and health services to apply for a waiver from the United States department of agriculture restricting the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits from being used to purchase unhealthy foods such as candy and sweetened beverages. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 6212 - Creating a families with children benefit pilot program. (Remote Testimony Available).

Human Services
2/3/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing: SGA 9299 - Angela Ramirez, Secretary, Department of Social and Health Services - Agency Head.

Executive Session:

1. SB 6062 - Modifying provisions related to individuals found to have committed criminal offenses when under the age of 18.

2. SB 6080 - Concerning contracts between the United States and county and municipal jails for committing or confining individuals in federal custody.

3. SB 6184 - Updating the office of homeless youth program provisions.

4. SB 6224 - Supporting children and youth behavioral health.

5. SB 6255 - Concerning the legislative-executive poverty reduction task force.

6. SB 6286 - Concerning the state's ability to fine private detention facilities that deny entry to the department of health for an inspection.

7. SB 6308 - Authorizing the court to order certain conditions during child welfare shelter care hearings.

8. SB 6319 - Concerning the extension of time for certain child welfare cases for children under the age of four.

9. SB 5977 - Requiring publication of child near fatality reviews.

10. SB 5979 - Improving state responses to dependent children and the risk of harm from high-potency synthetic opioids and caregiver substance abuse.

11. SB 6249 - Concerning department of corrections supervision of individuals convicted of stalking.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Human Services
2/4/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 6007 - Authorizing the Washington state institute for public policy to evaluate outcomes related to assessment practices at the department of children, youth, and families.

3. SB 6212 - Creating a families with children benefit pilot program.

4. SGA 9299 - Angela Ramirez, Secretary, Department of Social and Health Services - Agency Head.

Labor & Commerce
2/2/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 6135 - Concerning interest arbitration regarding uniformed personnel. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 6128 - Facilitating the use of a department of labor and industries-approved, application-based, third-party recording platform to record independent medical exams. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 6282 - Requiring state registered apprenticeships in the building and construction trades to provide behavioral health and wellness training. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 6068 - Concerning workers' wages and benefits in the construction industry. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 6303 - Concerning sustainability and safety in cannabis product packaging and vapor devices. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 6290 - Reorganizing the liquor and cannabis board. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 6053 - Establishing labor protections for domestic workers.

2. SB 6134 - Concerning notice to striking workers applying for unemployment insurance benefits of potential overpayment assessment upon receipt of retroactive wages.

Labor & Commerce
2/3/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 6282 - Requiring state registered apprenticeships in the building and construction trades to provide behavioral health and wellness training.

2. SB 5379 - Granting interest arbitration to certain parks and recreation commission employees.

3. SB 6106 - Modifying the securing timely notification and benefits for laid-off employees act.

4. SB 6197 - Enforcing plumbing contractor requirements.

5. SB 6158 - Adopting national standards for factory built housing and commercial structures.

6. SB 6302 - Concerning misclassification in the finishing trades on public works projects.

7. SB 5882 - Concerning industrial insurance coverage for posttraumatic stress disorders affecting local correctional facility workers.

Law & Justice
2/2/2026 10:30 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 5133 - Concerning departures from the guidelines for caregiver status. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 6105 - Raising the exemption from garnishment of earnings for judgments arising from medical debt. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 6203 - Concerning out-of-state convictions. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 6296 - Concerning involuntary treatment. (Remote Testimony Available).

Law & Justice
2/3/2026 8:00 AM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SGA 9255 - Leesa Manion, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

2. SGA 9256 - Kate Benward, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

3. SGA 9271 - Roshelle Cleland, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

4. SGA 9272 - Kristin Ferrera, Member, Sentencing Guidelines Commission.

5. SB 5925 - Concerning the general powers and duties of the attorney general’s office.

6. SB 6086 - Strengthening security for Washington state judicial officers and court personnel.

7. SB 6074 - Reinstituting parole.

8. SB 5133 - Concerning departures from the guidelines for caregiver status.

9. SB 6105 - Raising the exemption from garnishment of earnings for judgments arising from medical debt.

10. SB 6203 - Concerning out-of-state convictions.

11. SB 6296 - Concerning involuntary treatment.

Public Hearing: Bills to be determined.

Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Local Government
2/2/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 3 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 6181 - Concerning city incorporation.

2. SB 6154 - Concerning local government permits for replacing existing culverts.

3. SB 6211 - Creating uniformity for the process by which cities planning under the growth management act implement real estate excise taxes.

4. SB 6234 - Regulating sewage grinder pumps for new residential buildings.

5. SB 6242 - Granting counties authority to enter into a shared stewardship agreement.

6. SB 5633 - Concerning the subdivision of land.

7. SB 6279 - Implementing the International Wildland Urban Interface Code.

8. SB 6291 - Concerning on-site wastewater treatment system inspections.

9. SB 6274 - Concerning street standards and frontage improvement requirements.

10. SB 6309 - Providing for enhanced municipal permitting tools for high capacity transit projects.

State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
2/3/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 2 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Executive Session:

1. SB 6084 - Clarifying the prohibition on voting more than once in an election.

2. SB 6044 - Recognizing Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas.

3. SB 5950 - Celebrating Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Guru Nanak, Guru Gobind Singh, and Vaisakhi.

4. SB 6046 - Establishing the Washington division of civil air patrol as part of the Washington military department.

5. SB 5763 - Concerning the law enforcement aviation support grant program.

6. SB 6215 - Concerning fraud prevention.

7. SB 6160 - Improving government efficiency related to reports by state agencies.

8. SB 6123 - Concerning the protection of voluntary supplied personal information of local government employees.

9. SB 6049 - Protecting student and employee information from public disclosure.

10. SB 6164 - Concerning individual privacy by Washington technology solutions through an exemption from public inspection and copying.

11. SB 6313 - Creating the capitol centennial stewardship account and authorizing members of the legislature and statewide elected officials to solicit gifts, grants, and donations to the account.

12. SB 5784 - Encouraging agency demographic data collection.

13. SB 6000 - Concerning gatherings of a majority of members of a governing body and action taken by a governing body during a state or federally declared emergency in response to a natural disaster.

Public Hearing: 2ESHB 1541 - Concerning the veterans affairs advisory committee. (Remote Testimony Available).

Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Transportation
2/2/2026 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 6066 - Establishing crash prevention zones. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 6253 - Concerning public transportation benefit area governing bodies. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 6311 - Providing for continuous, safe, and accessible pedestrian passage during certain construction projects. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 6262 - Increasing the maximum weight of certain vehicles subject to transportation benefit district vehicle fees. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 6335 - Revising the responsibilities of the state transportation commission. (Remote Testimony Available). (If measure is referred to committee.)

Transportation
2/3/2026 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. ESHB 1980 - Allowing certain private employer transportation services to use certain public transportation facilities. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 6252 - Adding certain students at certain community and technical colleges to the passengers that must be allowed to ride transit for free under the transit support grant program. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 6288 - Concerning motor vehicle dealer license requirements. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 6265 - Transferring ownership of a vehicle to an insurer under certain circumstances. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 6081 - Protecting Washingtonians from invasion of privacy, including the unauthorized disclosure of sex designation information and historic sex designation changes in official government records. (Remote Testimony Available).

Transportation
2/5/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 1 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg
Olympia, WA

Work Session:

1. Ignition interlock device compliance update.

2. Traffic safety updates.

Public Hearing: Bills to be determined.

Executive Session: Bills to be determined.

Possible other business. Meeting is scheduled to end at 6:00 p.m. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Ways & Means
2/2/2026 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 5884 - Expanding the limited sales and use tax incentive program to encourage redevelopment of underutilized property. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 6256 - Concerning tax exemptions for unoccupied property used for affordable housing that is owned by a nonprofit entity. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SSB 6027 - Modifying certain funding and exemptions related to providing and maintaining affordable housing and related services. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SSB 6018 - Concerning the housing finance commission. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SSB 6028 - Establishing a revolving loan fund for mixed-income affordable homeownership development. (Remote Testimony Available).

6. SB 6275 - Concerning the community reinvestment program. (Remote Testimony Available).

7. SSB 5961 - Transferring early literacy programs from the department of children, youth, and families to the office of the superintendent of public instruction. (Remote Testimony Available).

8. SSB 5969 - Reducing duplication between high school and beyond plans and individualized education program transition plans. (Remote Testimony Available).

9. 2SSB 5292 - Concerning paid family and medical leave rates. (Remote Testimony Available).

10. SB 5868 - Adding an additional superior court judge in Skagit county and in Yakima county. (Remote Testimony Available).

11. SSB 5827 - Concerning the definition of a "qualifying discharge" for the Washington state veterans' preference program for civil service. (Remote Testimony Available).

12. SB 5954 - Concerning veteran survivor tuition waiver eligibility. (Remote Testimony Available).

Ways & Means
2/3/2026 4:00 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SSB 6037 - Concerning fire protection districts. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SB 6194 - Allowing payments to be made based on allowable costs for services provided by any rural hospital that is located on a federally recognized Indian reservation. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SB 5963 - Modifying funding for the passport to careers program and eligibility for the Washington college grant. (Remote Testimony Available).

4. SB 5909 - Reviewing and discontinuing low-enrollment undergraduate programs at public baccalaureate institutions. (Remote Testimony Available).

5. SB 5826 - Concerning access at public postsecondary educational institutions to medication abortion. (Remote Testimony Available).

Executive Session:

1. SB 5988 - Establishing fee authority for accreditation services provided to opioid treatment programs by the department of health.

2. SB 5872 - Establishing the preK promise account.

3. SB 5879 - Modifying joint legislative audit and review committee work plans to ensure efficient use of staff resources.

4. SB 5834 - Concerning payment of expenses from the earnings of retirement system trust funds.

5. SB 5835 - Concerning the threshold for payment of a lump sum retirement allowance in lieu of a monthly benefit.

6. SB 5905 - Concerning membership in the public employees' retirement system for port workers who participate in a federal railroad retirement plan, a union-sponsored defined benefit retirement plan, or another employer-funded private pension plan.

7. SB 5832 - Updating the arbitration fee collected for the new motor vehicle arbitration account.

8. SB 6177 - Modifying the legislative evaluation and accountability program website.

9. 2SSB 5496 - Preserving homeownership options by limiting excessive home buying by certain entities.

10. SB 5970 - Making the property tax exemption for multipurpose senior citizen centers permanent.

11. SB 5994 - Preserving timber tax distributions for school districts with recent school district levy failures.

12. SB 6047 - Concerning statutory guidelines for the administration of state capital projects.

13. SB 5647 - Providing a real estate excise tax exemption for the sale of qualified affordable housing.

Ways & Means
2/5/2026 1:30 PM
Senate Full Committee
Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual
J.A. Cherberg Building
Olympia, WA

Public Hearing:

1. SB 6294 - Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility. (Remote Testimony Available).

2. SSB 6070 - Supporting the recovery of missing persons. (Remote Testimony Available).

3. SSB 5974 - Modernizing and strengthening laws concerning sheriffs, police chiefs, town marshals, law enforcement agency volunteers, youth cadets, specially commissioned officers, and police matrons. (Remote Testimony Available).

Ways & Means 2/6/2026 1:30 PM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: To be determined. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

Ways & Means 2/7/2026 10:00 AM Senate Full Committee Senate Hearing Rm 4 and Virtual J.A. Cherberg Building Olympia, WA
Public Hearing: To be determined. Possible executive session on bills heard in committee. Possible other business. See https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate for testimony options. To view committee meetings or access the committee meeting documents, visit the Legislature's committee schedules, agendas, and documents website: https://app.leg.wa.gov/committeeschedules

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